Our disaffected electorate is proof that the old model of politics isn’t working
Our elected officials need to start talking with the American people instead of at them.
Our elected officials need to start talking with the American people instead of at them.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said his agency is working with colleges and universities to warn them of threats of violence amid a wave of protests surrounding the Israel-Hamas war on campuses around the country. Wray, in an interview with NBC News's Lester Holt Tuesday, said the bureau does not directly track college protests, but is...
A suspect in a recent break-in at the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is believed to have been “targeting” her, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, The Associated Press reported. “We believe that he was targeting the mayor,” Gascón said, according to the AP. “We are going on the...
NPR's top executive is dismissing criticism from conservatives over social media posts she published before taking the top job at the public broadcaster. "All of this, frankly, is a bit of a distraction relative to the transformation our organization needs to undergo in order to best serve our mandate," Katherine Maher told The Wall Street...
Former President Trump went after his former personal attorney Michael Cohen again Tuesday, despite a court order not to discuss witnesses in his criminal hush money trial. "Michael Cohen is a convicted liar, and he's got no credibility whatsoever,” Trump told 6ABC Philadelphia in an interview. “He was a lawyer, and you rely on your...
President Biden on Wednesday granted clemency to 16 people who were convinced of nonviolent drug offenses, arguing the pardons and commutations reflect his commitment to address racial disparities. The president pardoned 11 individuals and commuted the sentences of five others, noting that many of them received “disproportionately longer sentences” than they would have under current...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear oral arguments in Moyle v. United States, a consolidated case on whether a federal law allowing for emergency abortion health care at hospitals preempts states' bans on nearly all abortions. The case is one of the Biden administration's primary efforts to protect abortion rights after the...
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley received more than 150,000 votes in the Pennsylvania GOP primary Tuesday despite having dropped out of the race weeks ago. The most recent election returns, from just after 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday, show Haley with nearly 157,000 votes, enough for 16.6 percent of the total, with 90 percent of...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) in an interview published Wednesday said President Trump’s “vendetta tour” if he wins a second term at the White House is a "scary thing" for the United States. Christie, who backed Trump during his 2016 presidential run but then ran against him in the 2024 Republican presidential primary,...
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) says no one is buying the story that former President Trump didn’t have a sexual relationship with porn actress Stormy Daniels, quipping to CNN, “You don’t pay someone $130,000 not to have sex with you.” Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, paid Daniels a week and a half before the 2016...
A Minnesota state lawmaker denied a burglary charge she got following her arrest Monday in the city of Detroit Lakes in a post on Facebook. “Like so many families, mine is dealing with the pain of watching a loved one decline due to Alzheimer's and associated paranoia,” Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) said in a post...
Former President Trump holds a 6-point lead over President Biden in key battleground states that will likely determine the outcome of November's election, according to a survey published Wednesday. The Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll found Trump garnered 49 percent support in the swing states, over Biden's 43 percent. The former president held the lead in...
Vice President Harris is making a stop on the daytime TV talk show circuit, with an appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show." Harris will head to New York Wednesday to sit down with actor-turned-TV host Barrymore, Hthe vice president's office announced Tuesday. The episode with Harris will air next Monday. It's the latest daytime TV...
Our courts and regulators must rigorously scrutinize this lab's methods and potential conflicts of interest.
Let's celebrate Clark's accomplishment, but let's do it honestly.
Jailing an ex and possibly future president would be unprecedented. But these are unprecedented times.
The Biden administration is planning to boost offshore wind, announcing up to a dozen opportunities for industry to bid on chances to build wind turbines in U.S. oceans over the next five years. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is slated to announce the lease sales at a conference in New Orleans. The lease sales represent opportunities...
The Biden administration finalized rules on Wednesday requiring airlines to automatically refund passengers for canceled or significantly delayed flights and to share baggage, change, or cancellation fees upfront. “Passengers deserve to know upfront what costs they are facing and should get their money back when an airline owes them - without having to ask,” Transportation Secretary Pete...
The sordid details of shady backroom dealings spilled out in open court on Tuesday when ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker confessed his magazine used “checkbook journalism” to pay off sources with unsavory stories about Donald Trump. The longtime executive admitted to a judge and a jury that his job was to “catch and kill” bad...
The Biden administration on Wednesday will head to the Supreme Court to defend one of its primary efforts to protect abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade. At stake is whether a federal emergency care law passed 37 years ago trumps state laws that ban abortion in nearly all circumstances. The Justice Department...
An estimated 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries could potentially access Wegovy now that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug for reducing the risk of incidents related to cardiovascular disease. A KFF analysis found that among the 13.7 million people on Medicare diagnosed with obesity, 3.6 million, or roughly 1 in 4, of these...
Over 400 former and current collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes urged the NCAA to not ban transgender athletes from women’s college sports, according to a letter sent out on Tuesday. “We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself,...
A deeper channel to allow commercial ships into and out of the Port of Baltimore is set to open Thursday, a major step in reopening trade after the port was closed due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The Army Corps of Engineers has opened three shallow, temporary channels under...
Voters went to the polls for the Pennsylvania primaries on Tuesday, cementing races up and down the ticket in what will be one of the critical swing states in November. President Biden and Donald Trump glided to victory in their respective contests, as expected, though both men faced protest votes. The Keystone State is one...
United Nations leaders demanded a “clear, transparent and credible” investigation Tuesday after mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of men and women were discovered on the grounds of two major hospitals in Gaza that were previously under assault by the Israeli military. The mass graves contained some people stripped naked with their hands tied,...